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Saturday, 28 April 2018

SNOW MUCH FUN - WINTER WONDERLAND CHALLENGE FOR THE 27th of April, 2018

Well, I have been MIA for a while as work just took up all my time, but hopefully I can get a little time to myself to make some cards. I also just want to do some colouring, which I'll also show here.

Anyway.....Hazel is hosting us this fortnight at Winter Wonderland and the theme that she has chosen is.....

SNOW MUCH FUN!

Please remember that it is Christmas projects only and they must include the theme of snow much fun.

Here is my card:

Here is a close-up of the colouring:

I have digitally printed Head Stand from SheepSki Designs on to X-Press It Blending Card, then I used my Silhouette Cameo to fussy cut out the image.

I started colouring with Distress Ink markers earlier in the week, but I got impatient and annoyed that the water wasn't drying quickly enough not to leave lines - I guess I need to get my heater thing out if I am successfully going to colour watercolours as it is getting cold!

As I have come down with a cold and sinusitis, I am going to keep it very simple! So I have adhered my coloured image to a small square card from Envelope Solutions. Then I have hand written: "Snow much Fun!" on to the card using the brush end of my Memento Dual marker. I also added some black Wink of Stella to the writing and the buttons, eye and mouth of the snowman.

Living in Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK, working full time as a Management Accountant, currently working on 2 design teams and an obsessive crafter and creator of cards. I have no actual style as yet but do love the unusual and quirky. I may be known for producing cards in soft pastel colours. I love anything arty. I've always drawn stuff, for as long as I can remember. In my younger days I sold a few watercolour paintings. I recently found mixed media which is a joy and love creating canvases with flowers. I had a battle with digital drawing for about a year and finally found some software I could gel with. January 2016 a challenge team I worked on was short of a designer's images to create with so I drew some. I opened my shop a month later so I could sponsor challenges and give something back to the crafting world, to the lovely ladies who have supported me on my journey. I've a Facebook group SheepSki Designs where I hold challenges, some for fun to win digis as well as my monthly card challenge. I've a SheepSki Designs challenge blog as well. Things are growing slowly (thankfully) so I still manage to spend at least a little time with my hubby. Welcome to my world Andrea xx

Andrea is offering 3 images of your own choice to the random winner.

There is inspiration from the Snowflakes DT over on the Winter Wonderland blog, so please pop over to everyone's blog by clicking on their name. We always appreciate a comment or two! :) You can also find out what other challenges are out there, which could give you some ideas for your card stash.

We all hope that you are able to join us for this challenge. Please remember that it is Christmas Projects only! We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous Christmas creations. Please be sure to post a link back to the Winter Wonderland blog in your blog post in order to be eligible for a prize!
Have SNOW MUCH FUN and remember that you can enter up to 3 times. This challenge will end on Thursday the 10th of May, 2018 and our next challenge with the Icicles DT will start the following day.
Please check back on Monday at the Winter Wonderland blog to find out the winners of the Cute Christmas Critters Challenge.

8 comments:

Wow, Lou, that rainbow background makes the adorable snowman image look even more fantastic! The colouring of the boots and scarf is so vivid and beautifully shaded. Great idea to offset the piece with the image in order to run the sentiment along the left side. Love it! Thanks so much for joining our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.

Thanks so much for joining us for the "All About Christmas Challenge" at the Watercooler Wednesday this week and sharing your wonderful snowman card. Love the rainbow background and that headstanding snowman. Great card!

About Me

I work full-time in the IVF industry, where I completed my PhD, so come full circle back to a field I love after 15 years in the life sciences.
I am a mother to two beautiful kids, a girl and a boy and wife to a loving and supportive husband, who puts up with all my crafting and is a great guinea pig for my cooking! I got into digital scrapbooking just before our boy was born, documented his first two years, including the rest of the family. I have been crafting, including sewing, knitting and card making for quite a long time, but am new to selling my cards. Usually give them away with presents! I am now into stamping and copics!! :) I also love cooking and baking and often combine the two with crafting! I started a family website a few years ago, so have been blogging for a little while now, but not much about me and my activities, so I hope you will join me on my blog journey documenting me! :)
I have been on the Creative Team of Weeds and Wildflowers Designs and now I am on the Snowflakes Team of Winter Wonderland, which is a Christmas Card Challenge Blog! I am also a design team member for Not Just Cards Challenge Blog and The Merry Christmas Challenge Blog.